incompossible

incompossible
Mutually exclusive. Ambrose Bierce's definition and example from The Devil's Dictionary cannot be bettered: ‘Two things are incompossible when the world of being has scope enough for one of them, but not enough for both—as Walt Whitman's poetry and God's mercy to man.’

Philosophy dictionary. . 2011.

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  • Incompossible — In com*pos si*ble, a. [Pref. in not + compossible: cf. F. incompossible.] Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Ambition and faith . . . are . . . incompossible. Jer. Taylor. {In com*pos si*bil i*ty}, n …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • incompossible — (in kon po si bl ) adj. Terme dogmatique. Qui se détruit réciproquement, qui ne peut exister ensemble, en parlant d idées, de propositions. Des termes incompossible, Dict. de Trévoux. ÉTYMOLOGIE    In.... 1, cum, avec, simultanément, et possible …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • incompossible — adjective Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent …   Wiktionary

  • incompossible — in·compossible …   English syllables

  • incompossible — |in+ adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin incompossibilis, from Latin in in (I) + Medieval Latin compossibilis compossible more at compossible : not mutually possible : inconsistent, incompatible …   Useful english dictionary

  • Incompossibility — Incompossible In com*pos si*ble, a. [Pref. in not + compossible: cf. F. incompossible.] Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Ambition and faith . . . are . . . incompossible. Jer. Taylor. {In com*pos… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Compossibilite — Compossibilité La compossibilité selon Leibniz La compossibilité est un concept philosophique défini par Leibniz. Elle a une sphère logique plus restreinte que celle de la possibilité logique. Pour exister il ne suffit pas que quelque chose soit… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Compossibilité — La compossibilité selon Leibniz La compossibilité est un concept philosophique défini par Leibniz. Elle a une sphère logique plus restreinte que celle de la possibilité logique. Pour exister il ne suffit pas que quelque chose soit possible, il… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von — (1646 1716)    by Brett Nicholls   Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz is drawn into Deleuze s engagement with the history of philosophy with a book length study, The Fold: Leibniz and the Baroque, and he is present at strategic moments in Deleuze s… …   The Deleuze dictionary

  • Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von — (1646 1716)    by Brett Nicholls   Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz is drawn into Deleuze s engagement with the history of philosophy with a book length study, The Fold: Leibniz and the Baroque, and he is present at strategic moments in Deleuze s… …   The Deleuze dictionary

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